Chengou Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Chengou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Chengou (396) may also be a first name.
Chengou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chengou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chengou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻨﻜﻮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chengou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chengou are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 434,130th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 396 people.
The last name Chengou is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania it is most common in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 22 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chengou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chengou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻨﻜﻮ | shnkw | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chengou
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